Deputies responded to a report about a domestic disturbance at Donita and Patrick Elliott's house at 5:25 p.m. Monday, Tippecanoe County Sheriff Barry Richard said.

"Things appeared to have been resolved," Richard said of the situation as deputies left Monday evening. "Both parties felt comfortable about it."

Deputies remained at the Elliotts' house until about 8 p.m., and did not return to the couple's house, which is on the curve of County Road 500 South west of County Road 450 East, until the report that Donita Elliott was shot, Richard said.

The earlier call to the Elliotts' home does not appear on the sheriff's office calls for service log, which is an open-record document to show police activities.

About five hours after deputies left Monday night — just before 1 a.m. Tuesday — deputies returned to the house. This time, Donita Elliott lay dying from a gunshot wound to her chest.

Paramedics rushed 47-year-old Donita Elliott to the hospital, where she died a short time later, Richard said Tuesday in a news release.

Richard will not identify the person they suspect shot Elliott, other than to say the shooting was "domestic in nature."

No one has been arrested or charged in connection to Donita Elliott's death, Richard confirmed again Wednesday morning.

Tippecanoe County Coroner Donna Avolt said Tuesday that Donita Elliott's death was a homicide, which means that the death was caused by the actions of another person.

Whether her death might be a crime will be determined by Tippecanoe County Prosecutor Patrick Harrington. He will review the sheriff's office investigation and file charges if he believes it is merited.

According to Donita and Patrick Elliott's Facebook pages, the couple married in September 2010. Donita Elliott described herself on her page as a "stay at home grandma."